Pope Francis has revealed he escaped a double su!cide b0mbing during a visit to Iraq three years ago after the attempts on his life were foiled by British intelligence and Iraqi police.     Francis made the revelation in his upcoming autobiography, Spera (Hope), excerpts of which were shared with Corriere della Sera on Tuesday, the pontiff’s 88th birthday.     In …

Police detectives from Zone 7 Police Command Headquarters, Abuja, have arrested a 26-year-old man, Emeka Marcel Nweke, for allegedly creating a Facebook page with the name of the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Architect Sony Echono, to defraud members of the public. The Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Benneth Igweh, confirmed the arrest of the suspect …

Blumberg has also revealed more about the circumstances surrounding Flanagan’s sudden departure, which was said to have been a mutual decision. Blumberg said Flanagan “wanted a decision on his future” and had “applied a bit of pressure around what would happen for him”. “That almost made it a decision that had to be made quickly rather than wait for a …

A Nigerian lady, Ngozi, has narrated how a mother of two in her neighbourhood d!ed due to the stress of shouldering her family’s financial responsibility while her husband drank from one bar to another.  A woman just kpaid yesterday in my hood leaving her children, oldest 19yrs n youngest 7yrs, but I got no pity for her makach, she wrote in …

The mum of a seven-month-old baby boy who drowned in the bath as she played games on her phone has been jailed for seven years for manslaughter.  Seven-month-old Charlie Goodall d!£d in February 2022 after he fell from his newly fitted seat inside the tub.  Mum Danielle Massey, 31, had put Charlie in the tub and said she left him unattended “briefly” …

It’s Nollywood season, and I bet you can’t keep up with the plethora of “star-studded” movies coming out every other day.  Now picture this, a new movie drops, and the poster is packed with the biggest names in the industry. Your favourite A-listers are all lined up, and you think to yourself, “This has to be good!” But then you …

More than 2million has been seized from Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate over claims the brothers owe millions in unpaid tax from their online businesses. This comes after Westminster Magistrates Court ruled against them. The money is held in seven frozen bank accounts, from the Tates and a woman identified only as J. They paid under $12 million into an account in the name …

Arsenal football legend, Thierry Henry has named Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka as players he wished he played with during his time in the Premier League. Henry scored 228 goals in total during his time at Arsenal, where he was a menace to Premier League defenders but the 1998 World Cup winner feels he could have done even more damage …

RIAA has released the list of the inductees for the class of 2024 featuring 67 artists from different genres and countries. Many artists made the RIAA Class of 2024 including South African stars Musa Keys and Tyla who secured platinum and gold certifications. Tyla made the list thanks to the success of her hit single ‘Water’ which earned a platinum …

An actor who claimed he was a stand-in for Brad Pitt has been jailed for r@ping five women and attacking two others in a decade-long campaign of abus£.  Luke Ford, 35, was also found guilty of secretly removing a condom during s£x in what is believed to be Scotland’s first “stealthing” case.  The jobbing actor bragged of standing in for Hollywood star Pitt …